Indian Short Stories (1900-2000)

Indian Short Stories (1900-2000)

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Book Specification

Item Code: NAK167
Author: E V Ramakrishnan
Publisher: SAHITYA AKADEMI, DELHI
Language: English
Edition: 2011
ISBN: 9788126010912
Pages: 549
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 8.5 inch x 5.5 inch
Weight 700 gm

Book Description

About the Book

The forty three stories, from twenty one language anthologised here reflect the diversity and complexity of life lived in India. From the Violence and Mass hysteria of the partition to the suppressed rage and the gnawing self – pity of individuals trapped in broken homes – these stories capture the outer and the inner lives of Indian society. The sacred and the Profane, the elite and subaltern meet in many layered narratives in these stories Providing us metaphors to visualise ourselves. These stories map an eventful century during which our country emerged into a nation. The images gathered here from the haunted interiors of the twentieth century are booth disquieting and illuminating.

About the Author

E. V. Ramakrishnan (b. 1951), editor of this anthology, writes in English and Malayalam. born in Kannur, North Kerala, Ramakrishnan was educated at Tellicherry, Calicut and Hyderabad. He worked as a lecturer at three books of poems, including Being Elsewhere in Myself, in English, one collection of critical essays in English and four in Malayalam. he has edited an anthology of modern Indian poetry the true of Tongues (Shimla, 1999)

Contents

Introduction
Fictionalising India xiii
Assamese
Bhadari 3
Boatman Tarini 9
English
The Cow of the Barricades 25
Gujarati
The Letter 33
Hindi
The Shroud 43
Kannada
Mangamma, the Curd-seller 55
Maithili
Ramjani 71
Malayalam
In the Flood 81
Admission of Guilt 89
Manipuri
The Taste of the Hilsa 105
Marathi
Bakas Mulani 113
Flint 121
Oriya
Patent Medicine 137
Punjabi
The Taxi Driver 147
Sindhi
Brother Abdul Rahman 155
Tamil
Undying Flame 163
Telugu
Widow 173
Urdu
Toba Tex Singh 185
The Quit 195
Part – II (1951-2000)
Introduction
Writing the Region,
Imagining the Nation 211
Assamese
The Rogue 225
Bengali
Arjun 235
Dogri
Bal Kak and Nono 247
English
The Art of Dying 257
Gujarati
Stepping in 275
White Dots in Dark Lanes 283
Hindi
The Boss Came to Dinner 289
The Second Shock 301
Kannada
Stallion of the Sun 313
Kashmiri
The Cock Fight 347
Konkani
The Vow 359
Maithili
The Chathi Parmesri 369
Malayalam
Sherlock 377
The Last Show 395
Manipuri
Desert Flower 401
Marathi
Mother 409
Nepali
Post Script 421
Oriya
Salvation 425
Punjabi
Ali Baba's Death 439
Rajasthani
Jasoda 455
Sindhi
Aparajita 465
Tamil
Murder 475
Telugu
The Desolation Within 495
Urdu
Lajwanti 515
Notes on Translators 531

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